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The Interview
What did the publisher think ‘The Name of the Rose’?
His publisher gave Eco an advance for 3,000 copies but 2 to 3 million copies of the novel were sold in the U.S.A. alone. The total sale raise up to 10 to 15 million copies. It speaks its popularity and taste of the people. His publisher thought that it was a serious novel. And in a country ‘Where nobody has seen or cathedral or studied Latin. Still the novel had got a good success
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What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?
What do you understand by the expression “Thumbprints on his windpipes?”
Who in today’s world, our chief source of information about personalities?
Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
How does Eco find the time to write so much?
What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, ‘The Name of the Rose’?
Talk about any interview you watched on television or read in a newspaper. How did it add to your understanding of the celebrity, the interviewer and the field of the celebrity?
The medium you like best for an interview, print, radio, or television.
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